Initiative guru Tim Eyman sent an e-mail out to supporters Tuesday, saying his push to limit the spending of toll money had brought in $1.27 million. Of that total, Bellevue developer Kemper Freeman gave a total of $1.09 million, Eyman said. A half-million dollar contribution from Freeman was already public knowledge. Eyman’s e-mail revealed that Freeman has […]
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When Republicans took Congress in 1994, incoming Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Hatfield told The New York Times: “I’m prepared to work with the White House. I can’t afford to be a partisan guerrilla.” Mark Hatfield marks his 89th birthday on Tuesday. He’s back home in Oregon where all manner of public buildings — […]
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Seattle has big events coming next year – from the return of King Tut to the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair – that it wants to tell the world about. To help do that, the city’s Downtown hotels want to increase the already high tax rate on rooms. City Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Jean Godden, […]
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The first national poll is out pitting Barack Obama against Michele Bachmann, and it finds that the Republican Party’s’ Tea Party champion is not America’s cup of tea. Obama leads by a margin of 50 percent to 37 percent, with 13 percent undecided. The gap is down slightly from a 51-33-17 margin recorded in a […]
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The job’s rapid turnover has approached that of a Bristol Bay crab fisherman, so it’s not surprising that Gov. Chris Gregoire is once again in the market for a speechwriter. Applications are being received for a job that has been held by Hal Spencer, Peter Jackson, Adam Vogt, Ben Vaught, Glenn Kuper and Adam Wilson […]
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Emily Heffter at The Seattle Times reports that the city’s Downtown hotel owners want to add a two-buck a night hotel room tax to pay for advertising to promote tourism to the Emerald City. The extra tax would be in addition to the 15.6 percent tax Seattle hotel guests already pay in sales taxes and […]
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Rob McKenna, Republican candidate for governor, has reported raising $667,920 last month. McKenna, Washington’s attorney general, said his haul included $25,951 re‑allocated by donors from his re-election account. The June report to the Public Disclosure Commission was McKenna’s first since he announced his entry into the gubernatorial race. Rep. Jay Inslee, McKenna’s probable Democratic opponent […]
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is again facing accusations that the counseling clinic she and her husband, Marcus, own in Minnesota has tried to change client’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. ABC news reports that a client of the clinic was told that prayer could help him rid himself of homosexual urges and that […]
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The U.S. Congress should probe whether journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s News International have crossed the Atlantic with illegal, unethical news gathering practices, a watchdog group said Monday. The investigation call by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) came as the hacking scandal in Britain grew beyond now-closed News of the World and […]
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David Schraer is the sole challenger to one-term incumbent Tim Burgess for Seattle City Council Position No. 7. A true underdog, Schraer, an architect and 24-year Seattleite, he has spurned funding against an opponent with almost a quarter million dollars in funding and has said he is more interested in having a good conversation than […]
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